WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO

 
 

Numerous erect stems from a root crown reach 2–4-feet tall. Note the leaves lined with prickly teeth along the margins and dense arrays of pinkish flowers with narrow, petal-like rays with toothed tips.


FLOWER: June–November. Clusters of pinkish flower heads on branch tips; each head 3/4-inch long (20 mm) with 8–12 florets; each floret has 2 narrow, petal-like rays with toothed tips and a protruding disk flower on a yellow column. Fruit is a fluffy seed head.


LEAVES: Alternate, clasping, stemless (sessile). Blades oblong, 1–5-inches long (2.5–12 cm), margins evenly lined with small, prickly teeth.


HABITAT: Sandy, rocky soils, washes, hillsides; desert scrub.


ELEVATION: 3,300–7,300 feet.


RANGE: AZ, NV, NM, TX, UT.


SIMILAR SPECIES: The look-alike Thurber’s Desert Holly, A. thurberi, has only 3–6 florets per flower head. Desert Holly, Abronia nana, forms colonies of 12-inch tall stiff stems with leathery, holly-like leaves with prickles.


NM COUNTIES: Southern and sw counties in NM in low-elevation, arid habitats.

WRIGHT’S  DESERT  PEONY,  BROWNFOOT

ACOURTIA  WRIGHTII

Aster Family, Asteraceae

Perennial herb

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